Right when LOTR came out I started to think they should remake the Chronicles of Narnia into a movie, and have been saying that ever since. I think that would be cool, how bout you guys?

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Great books! But, as my mother always says "Some books are best left as books." There are books like Harry Potter that would not have had to be made into movies. Don't get me wrong, they would be great movies - but there are 7 books, right?

Right when LOTR came out I started to think they should remake the Chronicles of Narnia into a movie, and have been saying that ever since. I think that would be cool, how bout you guys?

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Actually they have already made the Chronicles of Narnia into movies....awhile back.....not nearly as grand as LOTR though. I believe they should do The Space Trilogy (another 3 book set by C.S. Lewis: Out Of The Silent Planet, Perelandra, and That Hideous Strength)

Actually they have already made the Chronicles of Narnia into movies....awhile back.....not nearly as grand as LOTR though. I believe they should do The Space Trilogy (another 3 book set by C.S. Lewis: Out Of The Silent Planet, Perelandra, and That Hideous Strength)

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C.D. Lewis rocks.

How many of you all know of the connection between this man and J.R.R Tolkein?

also... i heard that they are currently making chronicles of narnia into a movie/s on the same level of lotr.

I know there was a movie made ages ago (I have it on LD,) and since then there has been 6 short films, 3 of which are based on the Children of Dune book. I just think The series diserves something as grand as the LOTR's books got.

How many of you all know of the connection between this man and J.R.R Tolkein?

also... i heard that they are currently making chronicles of narnia into a movie/s on the same level of lotr.

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Didn't they teach together at Oxford?

The Narnian Chronicles are a bit to scattered temporally to make a good movie or series of movies. You have the beginning of the world in book 7(The Magicians Nephew) and then end of it in book 9.(The last battle) Then you have the Horse and His Boy which takes place during the last chapter of book 1.

To be honest, these would be quite interesting to see the reaction to, particuarly in "The Last Battle" and "A Horse and His Boy" - both with serious racial undertones (the portrayal of Arab-like people).

The Sliver Chair is by far the best book, though. Much more dark and serious, and much less of a children's book than the others...

Great books! But, as my mother always says "Some books are best left as books." There are books like Harry Potter that would not have had to be made into movies. Don't get me wrong, they would be great movies - but there are 7 books, right?

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And they cut out so much from the 2nd movie and that book is about 7 times shorter than the 5th one. The 4th and 5th movies are either going to be 3 hours long or be drasticly cut shorter than the books.

I always considered the seven books more like a series, with connecting threads in some places. I doubt making all seven would be feasable. Maybe just "the lion, the witch and the wardrobe" and "the silver chair" and "the last battle." The other books seem more random and philosophical, and not meant for film. I dunno though. Like I said, its been a loooong time.

C.D. Lewis rocks.
How many of you all know of the connection between this man and J.R.R Tolkein?

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They were both in the "inklings", a kinda of group that met every-once and a while and critiqued each others work, it is said that the voice of C.D Lewis is what inspired the slow booming voice of Treebeard in the series.

I always considered the seven books more like a series, with connecting threads in some places. I doubt making all seven would be feasable. Maybe just "the lion, the witch and the wardrobe" and "the silver chair" and "the last battle." The other books seem more random and philosophical, and not meant for film. I dunno though. Like I said, its been a loooong time.

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What about Prince Caspian or the Voyage of the Dawn Treader? Two excellent adventure type books.

I've read the first (by first I mean Magician's Nephew) and second (which was actually the first).

And I saw the movies.......which were like The Wizard of Oz almost. After that I have lost interest in them.

Personally, I think they should make a Lord of the Rings level Hitchhiker Series; yeah I know, that seems impossible. And anyway, I think they should stop making books into movies unless I haven't read them.

They were both in the "inklings", a kinda of group that met every-once and a while and critiqued each others work, it is said that the voice of C.D Lewis is what inspired the slow booming voice of Treebeard in the series.

JRR Tolkien was also primarily involved with leading CS Lewis to Christ. I love the imagery at the battle of Helms Deep when Gandolf the White comes riding down the hill with his army behind him and the enemy is blinded by the light as bright as the sun.

yay for threads that have been brought back from the dead!
If they were to make a new set of movies out of really good fantasy books, I would definitely either suggest The Memory, Sorrow and Thorn series, by Tad Williams (I love that series- I've read it at least 3 or 4 times), or Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials series.

they did do a TV miniseries of narnia a long time ago. i think it may have been british. i only saw it once when i was a kid, on PBS, so i don't remember much about it at all, other than that the books were split up into episodes. don't recall if it was one episode per book, or if they split them up further.

there's a book called the Inklings (Humphrey Carpenter) that traces the history of Lewis & Tolkein and the rest of their group -- pretty interesting, if you're into biography or literary history.

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